Monday, January 26, 2009

...goooood MORNING! The sun is FINALLY shining here and it looks like it's going to shape up to be very nice out! Perfect for a nice walk over to the convention!

I think we're going to attempt to do a Disney Land twilight outing this evening so I'll be taking in the sights and stalking Mini and Mickey and friends later on!

I feel like I'm a little bit behind in my CHA updates as yesterday evening we had to deal with a little hotel hopping fiasco. The plan was that we were to be spending two nights at the Residence Inn (one and a quarter mile away from the convention) and then the rest of our time here would be at the sexy Anaheim Marriott right on the doorstep of the convention center. Well we go to check in and they proceed to change the room charge on Marti due to some booking error on their part! They said that Marti failed to inform them that we would be a triple-occupancy booking and that she did not register our names - which of course she HAD. So all of a sudden, the price in the room (which is already ridiculous enough) went up even more! Already I was like, no way josE - we want the price you quoted at the time of booking! Anyway, there was more charges for parking and then we get up to our room...and it is TEENY TINY! I mean, it was large enough to fit two beds and a microwave on the floor and NOTHING ELSE! I'm like...where's our luggage going to go and then once we figure that out, where will WE go? I'm looking around for a pull-out which of course there isn't and I'm like, how dare they even charge us for triple-occupancy and then not have triple-occupancy accomodation. Marti and I would be sharin' a bed! *LOL*...now, now...

I rush to the desk so I can get blogging and I can't get on...I call down to the front desk and ask for a little bit of help getting online and she was like, you need help with the phone? Already, catty (and hungry, so please excuse little me) was thinking...I am on the phone talking to you already, why would I ask for help with that? So I ask how to get on and she proceeds to tell me it's $12.95 to connect and that's for a 24 hour noon-to-noon connection. So I'm looking at my watch and I'm like..but it's 5 pm right now...and she goes, so we would connect you now and it will expire noon tomorrow. So, can you already imagine my forehead vein by now? So we go back and forth some more and I ask more questions and she's like, well you can try this or try that to which I reply why are you suggesting I try it? Do you not know how I can go about this? And she says, well no, not really! So I told her to transfer me to someone who knew and she transferred me to the concierge's VOICEMAIL! *screech* Later on I found out that the $12.95 connection was PER computer...so over two days, Marti and I would have had to pay about $24 to get online each! I was NOT havin' that!

In the end, we ended up being so unhappy with everything (breakfast was $12) that we called the Residence Inn and asked if we could come back. Ten minutes later we were marching our cute little selves and our luggage back down to the front desk and Marti told them what's what! So here we are at the Residence Inn with our free internet (albeit slow, but I will never complain about it again!), free breakfast and nice pull-out bed for me!

I'm realizing this post is getting pretty long and I haven't said anything CHA related - but don't you worry my pretties! There is SO many things to talk about and for me to reveal and drop hints on and tease about, I'm just trying to draw the excitement out just that much longer!

Since this isn't a really craft-y related kind of post, here are some not really craft-y related kind of pictures!

So if you ask me what Star Wars was doing there, I have no idea what to tell you. They just were...Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader were hanging around somewhere there - as well as more storm troopers...and the other picture I think is a kind of take on the comfy couch girl because she was sitting on some comfy tush thing...I didn't get it, but I did get some cute pink pigtails!

Quite the adventure you are all having. Sorry the Marriot didn't work out. I think Star Wars was there because of the paper line with Star Wars theme Keep those updates coming....I LOVE hearing all about it!

i enjoyed reading your blow-by-blow of unsatisfactory accomodations and how you took things into your own hands and fixed it. loved the way you told the story even if not cha related, still funny and you're not letting it ruin your great times together! Kathy Eddy

oh my goodness! I always go to the conventions with my two daughters and have never been charged extra for them. That is something. Well, I am glad you are back at the reasonable hotel. Your pictures are very cute. I was wondering about that first one, I peaked at the pictures before I started reading. Have fun at disney and I cannot wait to read the next chapter...

Oh my goodness...first the rain and now this!?!?! You gals did good in leaving and going back to the other place, if it were me that vien in my head would have exploded.....sheesh. Glad you were able to work things out.

I stayed at the Anaheim Marriot for a CKU 2 years ago and didn't have any of those problems! I am so sorry to hear that you did. You would think with the economy the way it is they would be more grateful to have convention goers stay there, but I guess not!

OH wow! I'm sorry to hear about the bad experience! I'm glad RI got you all back in. I know it's farther to the convention, but can you imagine having that type of custermer service for the rest of your stay? I'd double check the credit card and make sure they did not put in any misc. charges. Whew!! What an adventure you are having!

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